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An Unreliable History of Tattoos by Paul Thomas
Category: Architecture
The tattoo is an art form, a practice...for some, a ritual. Its history is long and colourful, dating to the Neolithic, when our ancestors marked their bodies with symbolic lines derived from a carbon paste. Today, those same markings can be made on entering the neon parlors that line our cities. Maybe ...Show more
Beholding Paradise - The Photographs of Thomas Merton by Thomas Merton; Paul M. Pearson
Category: Photography
Beholding Paradise: The Photographs of Thomas Merton provides the reader with the only available overview of Thomas Merton's photographs while also providing a highly accessible introduction to Merton as a photographer. For Merton, his photography, as his writing, became a way for him to explore and exp ...Show more
Drawing: A Foundation Course by Paul Thomas
Category: Art | Series: Foundation Course
Good drawing forms the basis of all art - and is art in its own right. This book takes an in-depth look at drawing, exploring the many varieties of line and mark possiblies in different media, and comparing different styles. Questions such as 'What is drawing and what are its purposes?' and 'Can a ...Show more
Green Nomads Wild Places by Bob Brown; Paul Thomas
Category: Travel
Visit some of the most remote and beautiful places of south and west Australia in Green Nomads Wild Places, Bob Brown and partner Paul Thomas's three-month adventure across Australia. This is a photographic and written record of a journey that took them first by yacht and then by road along the coas ...Show more
Home Charcuterie by Paul Thomas
Category: Food & Wine
An accessible, expert guide to the age-old craft of preparing meat and fish products by home curing, salting and drying. Shown in clear, step-by-step photographs, the techniques are straightforward to follow: the author describes home charcuterie as an almost magical process, and one to be enjoyed. The ...Show more
Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum by Thomas Kren; Kurt Barstow; J. Paul Getty Museum Staff (Contribution by)
Category: Art | Series: Getty Trust Publications
Known for their stunning displays of artistry and technique, Italian illuminated manuscripts have long been coveted by collectors around the world. The J. Paul Getty Museum holds the most recently formed institutional collection of its kind in the United States, yet it spans more than eight centuries an ...Show more
Karl Marx by Paul Thomas
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Critical Lives
As one of the most influential thinkers of the modern age, Karl Marx's political philosophy has resounded throughout politics and history, from the nineteenth century to the present day. In recent times however the concept of 'Marxism' has become a vague term, of uncertain and contestable definition, in ...Show more
Morbius: Preludes and Nightmares TP by Roy Thomas; Gerry Conway; Mike Friedrich; Joe Keatinge; Dan Slott; Gil Kane (Illustrator); Ross Andru (Illustrator); Paul Gulacy (Illustrator); Marco Checchetto (Illustrator); Valentine de Landro (Illustrator)
Category: Graphic Novels
Sink your teeth into the early years of Morbius, the Living Vampire Dr. Michael Morbius made his (bite) mark on the Marvel Universe when a doomed experiment left him with a vampiric lust for blood. And his disturbing debut couldn't have come at a worse time for Spider-Man - who recently grew four extra ...Show more
Perseus: The Hunt for Medusa's Head (Graphic Universe) by Paul D. Storrie & Thomas Yeates
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Graphic Myths Legends (Paperback)
Retells, in graphic novel format, the classic myth of how Perseus performed the impossible task of slaying the snake haired Medusa.
Ross Taylor: Black & White by Paul Thomas
Category: Sport
When an athlete with an exceptional record of achievement and longevity comes to the end of their career, the numbers can speak for themselves.Ross Taylor has scored the most runs, made the most centuries and taken the most catches by a New Zealander in international cricket. He's the first New Zealand ...Show more
Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy by Paul Thomas Murphy
Category: History
'It is worth being shot at to see how much one is loved.' - Queen Victoria Queen Victoria was attacked an astonishing eight times during her sixty-three year reign. Victoria's would-be assassins succeeded in changing the course of British history; whose penal system, legal system and policing would neve ...Show more
Talking North: The Journey of Australia's First Asian Language by Paul S. Thomas
Category: Australiana | Series: Education Ser.
What makes one nation curious about another nation? Curious enough that the study of the other's culture and language becomes a natural commitment or something that could be described as a national project? This question lies behind much of the writing in this book as it explores the history, education ...Show more